Yes, I know, I could drink 3 glasses of milk a day, but frankly, I'm a calorie snob and I don't like drinking my calories. I'd rather eat food than drink a glass of milk.

I also take a multi-vitamin, but I'd rather be getting most of my calcium from food. I suppose maybe I could sprinkle some fat-free cheese on my food or something but truthfully I'm not a big fan of cheese. So I'm wondering what everyone here does to get your calcium without drinking milk? What are some calcium-rich foods that you eat?

Tofu, surprisingly, is a fairly high calcium food. For under 100 cals, you can have 1/2 cup of plain yogurt with 1/3 c mooshed blackberries and a little splenda, and thats high calcium. I eat tons of broccoli and spinach, both of which are decent sources, broccoli especially so. My calcium is always higher on days when I have cereal and lt. vanilla soy milk for breakfast.

And if you find you're really low for that day, a cup of light vanilla soy milk is only 60 calories and has the same calcium as regular milk, so your inner calorie snob shouldn't complain too much.

2 laughing cow wedges (70 calories) have 16% of your calcium need for the day. Pair those with 2 fat free Ry-Crisp crackers (50 calories) for a very filling snack, and get 16% of your calcium to boot.

I just cube, cook in a pan with a little cooking spray, and throw it in a stir-fry, or put cubes in a soup (yum!). Or you can marinate it in your favorite asian marinade (I like ginger, orange, soy, sesame oil, and garlic) and grill or cook on a griddle/grill pan.

Just FYI: Your body can only absorb 500mg of calicum at a time so space out your intake as you should be consuming either through foods or supplements 1,000-1,500mg a day. That's why I take the viactiv vanilla flavoured pills, they go down tasty and they are soooo convenient.

I just cube, cook in a pan with a little cooking spray, and throw it in a stir-fry, or put cubes in a soup (yum!). Or you can marinate it in your favorite asian marinade (I like ginger, orange, soy, sesame oil, and garlic) and grill or cook on a griddle/grill pan.

Oh that sounds so yummy. I'm picking me up some tofu tomorrow, thanks!

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Originally Posted by shrinkingchica

Just FYI: Your body can only absorb 500mg of calicum at a time so space out your intake as you should be consuming either through foods or supplements 1,000-1,500mg a day. That's why I take the viactiv vanilla flavoured pills, they go down tasty and they are soooo convenient.

Just FYI: Your body can only absorb 500mg of calicum at a time so space out your intake as you should be consuming either through foods or supplements 1,000-1,500mg a day. That's why I take the viactiv vanilla flavoured pills, they go down tasty and they are soooo convenient.

I do the same thing. I've been buying the fruity chews, though, like the raspberry and the strawberry cream. They also have Vitamins D (25% DV) and K (50% DV). I take one 3 times a day. Some days I may also take a One-A-Day Women's multi but not always (I forget).

Tums. When I am running low, according to my Dietpower calculations, I pop a couple of them.

This is a common misperception (probably perpetuated by the Tums company). While Tums are high in calcium, they are an antacid and interfere with your digestion and your stomach's ability to absorb nutrients. Thus, you aren't actually able to absorb much of the calcium in them, despite what the Tums folks would have you believe.

This is a common misperception (probably perpetuated by the Tums company). While Tums are high in calcium, they are an antacid and interfere with your digestion and your stomach's ability to absorb nutrients. Thus, you aren't actually able to absorb much of the calcium in them, despite what the Tums folks would have you believe.